Ángel Cabrera (academic)

For other people with the same name, see Ángel Cabrera (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Izquierdo.

Ángel Cabrera Izquierdo (born August 5, 1967) is a Spanish-American academic. He is the 12th and current president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, he was the president of George Mason University and of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the former dean of IE Business School. His scholarship includes work on learning, management and leadership.

Ángel Cabrera
Cabrera in 2012
12th President of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office September 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)
Preceded by	Bud Peterson
6th President of George Mason University
In office July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01) – July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)
Preceded by	Alan Merten
Succeeded by	Anne Holton
11th President of Thunderbird School of Global Management
In office July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) – June 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)
Personal details
Born	(1967-08-05) August 5, 1967 (age 57)[1] Madrid, Spain
Children	2
Education	Technical University of Madrid (BS, MS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive science
Institutions	IE Business School Thunderbird School of Global Management George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology
Thesis	A functional analysis of categorization (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Dorrit Billman

On June 13, 2019, Cabrera was announced as the new President at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a post he assumed on September 1, 2019.^[2] Cabrera is the first Spanish-born president of an American university.^[3]

Early life and education

Cabrera was born in Madrid, the second of four brothers. He received his telecommunications engineering degree (equivalent to an undergraduate and masters in electrical and computer engineering in the American system) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar.^[4]

He joined the faculty of IE Business School in 1998 and was dean from 2000 to 2004.^[5] He was appointed President of Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2004 and President of George Mason University in 2012.^[6]

Career

The World Economic Forum named Cabrera a Global Leader for Tomorrow in 2002,^[7] a Young Global Leader in 2005^[8] and chairman of the Global Agenda Council for promoting entrepreneurship in 2008.^[9] He was named a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute^[10] in 2008 and a Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation in 2017.^[11] He is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue^[12] and the Council on Foreign Relations.^[13]

In 2014 he received an honorary degree from Miami-Dade College^[14] and in 2018 he received an honorary doctorate from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.^[15]